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10 | May 23, 2019 | The wilmette beacon NEWS
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Wilmette Park Board
Posted to WilmetteBeaconDaily.com 9 days ago
Outgoing commissioners attend final meeting
Todd Marver
Freelance Reporter
A quartet of veteran
Wilmette Park Board
commissioners attended
their final meeting on
Monday, May 13. The
board bid farewell to four
commissioners including
Stephanie Foster, Shelley
Shelly, John Olvany
and Ryrie Pellaton. Foster
has served on the park
board since May 2015.
During her time in office,
she has been a member
and chair of the Facilities
Operations and Golf Operations
Committees. She
has also been a member
of the Lakefront Committee,
Parks and Recreation
Committee and Intergovernmental
Cooperation
Committee.
“She’s been so thoughtful
and has given us such
great guidance and perspective
when it comes
to all the projects we’ve
worked on,” board president
Amy Wolfe said.
“She’s not afraid to stand
up for what she knows is
right and to do the right
thing, even when it’s been
hard. I’m so thankful for
all your hard work on this
board and you will definitely
be missed.”
Olvany has served on
the park board since September
2011. During his
time in office, he has been
a member and chair of the
Financial Planning and
Policy Committee, Golf
Operations Committee
and Real Estate Committee.
He has also been a
member of the Lakefront
Committee, Parks and
Recreation Committee
and Facilities Operations
Committee. He has also
served as both president
and vice president of the
board during his time in
office.
“We also would like to
thank him for all of his
service,” Wolfe said. “He
always pushed us to be
better and think of creative
ways to come up
with a solution. He was
such a hard worker when
it came to everything on
the park district and he
will greatly be missed.”
Pellaton has served on
the board since May 2015.
During his time in office,
he has been a member and
chair of the Lakefront and
Facilities Operations Committees.
He has also been a
member of the Financial
Planning and Policy Committee,
Parks and Recreation
Committee, Golf
Operations Committee and
Real Estate Committee.
“We would like to thank
Ryrie for his four long
years of service,” Wolfe
said. “Especially all of
the hard work he did on
the Lakefront Committee
leading that charge, sitting
through lots of long
meetings and just being so
calm and taking in everybody’s
perspective. And
keeping us on task, keeping
us on budget and always
giving a thoughtful
response to everyone.”
Shelley Shelly, the outgoing
vice president of
the board, has served on
the park board since May
2011. During her time
in office, she has been
a member and chair of
the Parks and Recreation
Committee, Facilities Operations
Committee, Lakefront
Committee and Real
Estate Committee. She
has also been a member
of the Intergovernmental
Cooperation Committee
and Centennial Operations
Committee. Gordon
Anderson replaces Shelly
as vice president, while
Wolfe remains president.
“(Shelly) has been such
a wonderful vice president,”
Wolfe said. “She’s
been such a great sounding
board to me and to everyone
on the board. She
always had such great out
of the box solutions. She
always came up with great
solutions to problems and
always gave wonderful
perspective and has
worked tirelessly on lakefront
and everything else
she’s done here.”
In addition to saying
goodbye to four commissioners,
the board also welcomed
four new commissioners
who were elected
April 2 including Mike
Murdock, Julia Goebel,
Cecilia Clarke and Todd
Shissler. Executive Director
Steve Wilson administered
the quartet’s oath
of office. Murdock previously
served on the park
board from 2009-2013,
while Goebel, Clarke and
Shissler made their board
debut.
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